gamma-ray altimeter

gamma-ray altimeter

[′gam·ə ‚rā al′tim·əd·ər]

(engineering)

An altimeter, used at altitudes under several hundred feet, that measures the photon backscatter from the earth resulting from the transmission of photons to earth from a cobalt-60 gamma source in the plane.

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